This is the N.E.W.T.s readathon created and hosted by Book Roast, a booktube channel. You pick out the exams you want to try for and see if you can pass them.

(Twitter acct for the readathon: here)

So I sat for my O.W.L.s during the last week of July (you can see that here) and now I am ready to spend the month of August tackling my N.E.W.T levels. Below is my tentative TBR for each subject, I will not get to all of these…I have never managed to read anywhere near 30 books in a month but I wanted to get every subject I have available listed. If you see a class without a book, please feel free to drop some recommendations in the comments for it!

The overall goal is to get an Acceptable in at least 2 classes and to pass one of those classes with an Outstanding. You can not double up on books and you must read them in grade order.

I’m trying to become a Potions Master and take a certain job from a certain lovable pushover. So while I will definitely pass a lot of NEWTs with Acceptable I will put my focus on Potions, Care of Magical Creatures, and Herbology.

A = Acceptable   E= Exceeds Expectations   O = Outstanding

36/36 Grades Passed – ALL NEWTS PASSED WITH OUTSTANDINGS!

Ancient Runes (Outstanding Achieved!)

• A – Book Set in the Past: The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor Lavelle (Passed! 8/3)
• E – One of the Oldest Books On My Shelves: My Soul to Take by Rachel Vincent (Passed! 8/29)
• O – Book Translated from Another Language: The Interview Manuele Fior (Passed! 8/30)

Arithmancy (Outstanding Achieved!)

• A – Book of At Least 300 Pages: Nexus Uprising by Jason M. Hough (Passed! 8/30)
• E – Book That Ends on an Even Number: The Black God’s Drums by P. Dejli Clark (Passed! 8/31)
• O – A Book That’s Not the First in a Series: The Third Mushroom by Jennifer L. Holm (Passed! 8/31)

Astronomy (Outstanding Achieved!)

• A – Stars on the Cover: Vader Down (Passed! 8/3)
• E – Book That Has the Word ‘Sky’ In It: Sky in the Deep by Adrienne Young (Passed! 8/7)
• O – Set on a Different World/Planet: Ahsoka by E.K. Johnston (Passed! 8/20)

Care of Magical Creature *Focus* (Outstanding Achieved!)

• A – Animal on the Cover: Delicious in Dungeon Vol. 3 (Passed! 8/10)
• E – Book Under 160 Pages: All Systems Red by Martha Wells (Passed! 8/11)
• O – Includes Dragons In Any Way: His Majesty’s Dragon by Naomi Novik  (Passed! 8/13)

Charms (Outstanding Achieved!)

• A – Read a Book with Magic In It: Fables Vol. 3: Storybook Love (Passed! 8/5)
• E – A Book With a Cover that Charmed You: Dragon Age: Magekiller (Passed! 8/6)
• O – A Book That Will Leave a Mark: The Color Purple by Alice Walker (Passed! 8/7)

Defense Against the Dark Arts (Outstanding Achieved!)

• A – Read the Last Book in a Series: Serafina and the Splintered Heart by Robert Beatty (Passed! 8/9)
• E – Read a Foiled Book: Night of Cake & Puppets by Laini Taylor (Passed! 8/28)
• O – Book with the Word ‘Dark’ the Title or Series Name: Dark Mirror by R.A. Salvatore (Passed! 8/29)

Divination (Outstanding Achieved!)

• A – Set in the Future: Between the Mountain and Sea by Louisa Locke  (Passed! 8/3)
• E – Book Under 200 Pages: Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire (Passed! 8/11)
• O – Read a Mythology Book: The Story of Kullervo by J.R.R. Tolkien (Passed! 8/28)

Herbology *Focus* (Outstanding Achieved!)

• A – Book with a Green Cover: Saga Vol. 7  (Passed! 8/1)
• E – Book with Illustrations: Star Wars Vol. 2: Showdown on the Smuggler’s Moon (Passed! 8/2)
• O – Read a Book with One of These in the Title ‘Light, Air, Sun, Water’: Avatar the Last Airbender: The Promise Part 3 (Passed! 7/3)

History of Magic (Outstanding Achieved!) 

• A – Book That You Think Will Fit in at Hogwarts: Wicked Plants by Amy Stewart (Passed! 8/5)
• E – Read a Book Published At Least 5 Years Ago: Contact by Carl Sagan (Passed! 8/10)
• O – A Book That’s At Least 400 Pages: The Stand of Stephen King (Passed! 8/14)

Muggle Studies (Outstanding Achieved!)

• A – Read a Book Written by a Favorite Author: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: Illustrated Edition (Passed! 8/18)
• E – Read a Biography: A Higher Loyalty by James Comey (Passed! 8/21)
• O – Read a Retelling: Fables Vol. 4: March of the Wooden Soldiers  (Passed! 8/28)

Potions (Outstanding Achieved!)

• A – Has a Name of a Color in the Title: Golden Son by Pierce Brown (Passed! 8/24)
• E – Read a Book with a Male MC: The Sky Woman by J.D. Moyer (Passed! 8/26)
• O – Book over 350 Pages Long: And I Darken by Kiersten White (Passed! 8/30)

Transfigurations (Outstanding Achieved!)

• A – Book with Grey Cover: Women of Science  (Passed! 8/2)
• E – Read a Book from a New To You Author: The Fourteenth Goldfish by Jennifer L. Holm  (Passed! 8/27)
• O – Read a Book with a Kingdom/Royals: Forbidden Forest by Tenaya Jayne (Passed! 8/30)